Partition construction for filing-cabinets.



A. A. SCHRAMM,

APPLICATION FILED APILII. 19H.

. Patented Aug, 6.19m

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yANDREW A. SCHRAMM, F PHII'.|.A1)1E}1'I?HIA,` PENNSYLVANIA.

PARTITION CONSTRUCTION lFOR FILING-CABINETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

'Application led Aprl, 1917. Serial No. 161,941.

f net drawers of various sizes and styles.

Another object is to so make my invention that its construction will require a comparatively small amount of material, andv so that it can be cheaply manufactured.

A further object is to make my invention of a durable and simple construction;

These obj ects, and other advantageous ends which will bedescribed hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings 1n which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation taken longitudinally through a filing' cabinet lsides therefor.

drawer of a type now in common usey and showing how my invention provides detachable partitions and removable auxiliary 'Fig'. 2 is a section on Athe line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a face view tachable partitions illustrated and 2.

Figi 4 is a top plan view of the drawer and parts shown in Fig. 1.

' Fig. 5 is a face view of one of the auxiliary drawer sides illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, developed in a flat plane.

. Fig. 6 is a perspectivesview of one' of said auxiliary drawer sides bent and ready for use.'

Fig. 7 is a perspective of oneof the dein Figs. `1

view of a slotted channel rack and designed to .be inserted within the bottom oflthe in Figs. 1,2, and 4.

Referring to the drawings, a drawer 19 has a front 20, a rear 21,-and sides 22 and 23. The drawer thus illustrated is one having the general construction of ers which include a slot 24 extending throughout the length and centrally of the bottom 25, said slot usually being formed to provide space for a retaining rod designed drawer illustrated filing drawn to secure spacers or partitions within the drawer, said spacers or partitions usually having holes adj acent their bottoms through which the rod extends so that the latter prevents' the removal of said spacers from the 'drawer until the rod has been slid longi- `Itudinally to free said partitions.

In applying my invention to a drawer of this type, I employ the slot 24 as a receptacle for a channel rack 26, said channel rack having its upper surface flush with the upper surface of the bottom 25. This channel rack 26 has transversely extending slots 27 which are spaced apart as clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 7.

Auxiliary drawer sides 28 and 29 are each `made from va piece of sheet metal such for example as shown in Fig. 5. This metal is preferably stamped or cut from a long strip and has a row of holes 30 which are spaced apart the distances between the holes being similar to the distance between the slots 27 in the channel rack 26.

The sheet of metal shown in Fig. 5 is bent along the lines 31 and 32, such bent position being shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6. The lower edge 33 of each of the auxiliary sides 28 and 29 is designed to rest upon the bottom 25 of the drawer, the portions 3 4 being positioned adjacent the inner surfaces of the drawer sides 22 and 23.

Theportions 34 of the auxiliary drawer.

sides are made higher than the height of the highest sides of drawers now in common use, so that the ledges 35 which are formed by the bending of the auxiliary sides as above noted, vwill be positioned above the upper edges of the sides ofthe drawer proper.

The portions 36 of the auxiliary sides which depend from the ledges 35, are designed to straddle the upper portions of the drawer sides 22 and 23, the width of -said portions 36 being such that they depend to y such level that they will embrace the upper edge portions of the sides of the most shallow drawer that is now in common use, thus my auxiliary drawer sides are capable of embracing the sides of drawers. of variousA heights.

l Partitions 37 are detachably connected to the auxiliary sides 28 and 29,. and to the channel rack 26 in the following manner Each partition 37 is preferably made of sheet metal and has a tongue 38 designed to fit any of the slots 27 in the channel rack 26. The upper edge of each of the partition? 37 is turned to forni a hollow beading 39, said beading extending entirely acrossthe top of the partition and at its ends providing a housing for Shanks l0 of hooks il. The depending ends 42 of the hooks -ll are designed yto engage respective holes in the ledges provided on the auxiliary sides 28 and 29, it being noted that said holes 30 register with the slots 27 in the channel roclr 26. The partit-ions are thus securely held between the drawer sides and at their bottoms by the engagement of the tongues 3S in the slots 27.

Any number of the partitions may be nsed within a drawer, and the spacing of the holes and slots may be such as to suit the requirements of the drawer.

As illustrated in Figs. l, o and 6, the ends` of the auxiliary sides dare downwardly. This permits the auxiliary sides to 'be inserted in extremelyv short drawers, since it requires but a small amount of the metal tol be removed from the ends of the auxiliary sides if it is necessary to cnt' down on the` length thereof.

lt will thas be noted that my invention is adapted for use in connection with various sized drawers, and drawers `of various types.

llvhile l have described my invention as taking a particular forni, it will be understood that the various parts of niyrinrention A may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and lienee l do not limit inysclf tothe preeise construction set forth,-

but consider that l ain at liberty to malte such changes and alterations .as fairly come within the scope of the appendedczlaiins.

Haring thns described iny invent-ion,` what,

' I clsirn as vnew and desire to seenre by Letters Patent is:

l. The. eombination with a drawer, of auxiliary sides designed to einbrace the sides of ther/drawer and having portionsndapted to rest upon the bot-toni of tliedrawer ad- .of the drawer and haring portions adopted to rest upon the bottoni of the drawer between the sides thereof, and other portions adapted to extend over the top edges of the drawer sides and leinbraee the ontersnrfaces of said latter sides. said first portions of ther auxiliary sides being7 of greater height than the sides of the drawer to orovide spare bee tween the upper edges of thedrawer sides Lernens 3. The combination with a drawer, of removable auxiliary sides having ledges formed on the tops thereof and holes exteixd-v ing through said ledges, means on the bottom of said drawer providing slots, a detachable partition having a tongue capable of engaging any of said slots, clips secured to said partition, Shanks held in friction-al engagement between the clips and the partition, said Shanks having outer hooked ends depending therefrom designed to enter the holes in said ledges, substantiallyY as described.

Li. The combination with a drawer having permanent sides, of auxiliary sides designed to embrace the sides of the drawer and having edge portions adapted to freely rest upon the bottom of the drawer between the sides thereof, and other portions adapted to extend over the top edges of the drawer sides and freely embrace the outer surfaces of said latter sides, a partition adapted to be .positioned transversely between the auxiliary sides, and means for detacliably conneeting the partition to the auxiliary sides, substantially as described.

The combination with n drawer, of auxiliary sides designed to'embrace the sides of the drawer and having portions adapted to rest npon the bottom of the drawer between the sides thereof, and other portions adapted to extend over the top edges of the drawer sides end einbraee .the outer surfaces of said letter sides, n partit-ion adapted to be positioned transversely between the auxiliary sides, said second port-ions of the auxiliary sidesl haring holes ltherein spaced apart throw hout their lengths, and means on said partition for entering any of the oppositelyV disposed holes on the auxiliary sides, sub-v stantially as deseribed.

d. The combination with a drawer, of e reels mounted on 'the bottom of the drawer and haring e. row of transversely extending slots, auxiliary sides designed to embrace the sides' oli the drawer ond to rest upon the bottom of the drawer between the sides of said drawer, said auxiliary sides at their top being provided with ledges haring rows of holes formed therein, a partition having a. tongnedesigned to engoge any of the slots in. the rack, and means on said partition designed to depend through the, holes in said ledges of the auxiliary sides, substantially as described.

The combination with e drawer, of auxiliary sides designed to embrace the sides of the drawer and having portions adapted to freely rest upon the bottoni of the drawer between the sides thereof, ond other portions adapted to extend over the top edges of the drawer sides and freely embrace the outer surfaces of said latter sides,'said Erst portions having their ends extending at an incline, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a drawer, of a rack mounted on the bottom of the drawer and having a row of transversely extending slots, auxiliary sides designed to embrace the sides of the drawer and to rest upon the bottom of the drawer between ythe sides `of said drawer, said auxiliary rsides at their top being provided with ledges havingl rows of holes formed therein, a partition having a v tongue designed to engage any of the slots in the rack, means 0n said partition designed to depend through'the holes inA said ledges of the auxiliary sides, said auxiliary "sides being higher than the sides of-the drawer to provide chambers above the upper edges of the drawer for the reception of said latter means on the partition, substantially as described.

9. The combination with-a drawer, of a rack mounted on the bottomof the drawer and having a row of transversely extending slotsyauxilia'ry sides designed to embrace the sides' of the drawer and to rest' upon the bottom of the drawer between the sides of said drawer,A said auxiliary sides at their top being provided with ledges having rows of'holes formed therein, a partitionhaving a tongue designed to engage any 4ofthe slots in the rack, means on said partition designed-to'dependv through the holes in vsaid ledges of the auxiliary sides, said auxiliary sides being higher than the sides of the drawer to providev chambers above the up 35 per edgesv of' the drawer for the reception of said latter means o n theV partition, said auxiliary sides having their ends dared downwardly, substantially as described.

10. The combination with a drawer, of a tongue designed to engage any ofthe'slots in theraek, means on said partltionA designed *5 to depend through the-holes in'said ledges of theauxiliary sides, said auxiliary sides 4havingportions depending from the ledge and desi ed to engage the outer surfaces of the si es of the drawer, substantially as 55. described. s' v In testimony whereof I have signed my name `to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

"ANDREW A. ,sonHAMM.

Witnesses:

MARY A. INGLAR, CHAs. E. Porre. 

